Tool boxes can be as dangerous and tractors and attachments... they can easily keep needing (WANTING) upgrading and costing more and more and more cash!!!!
Take me for example.
1st Box- A 3 drawer bench top crapsman
2nd Box- HF hazzard fraud 44. Outgrew and sold on CL for $25 loss. GREAT BOX
3rd Box CL find- Snap on Classic 60. Loved it. Deeper and just nicer overall.... but at a cost. $$$ Caught the bug and...
4th Box CL find- Snap on Classic 96 Wide guy with top hutch... and sold the Classic 60 for +$500.
Now this is where things go downhill, when I learn you can buy right and use for a while and not just NOT loose money, but pick up a few bucks...
5th box- LONG search via google to find matching color- I buy a top box for the 96... from canada... sight unseen, and it shows up via uship... PERFECT for a great deal.
All is well, until a local Snap on master series KRL1023 pops up. I put a lowball offer on it, and dude sells it to me nearly a year later after no bites on his high CL asking price. So....
6th Box- KRL1023, and sell the 96 for +$1000... within a week. Guy is thrilled with the deal and so was I.
So if you are following, now I have a krl bottom box, a classic top, and a hutch above that. 6 foot wide, and about 9' tall! HAHA! Lots of space, and all foamed and organized to a T.
In the end the HF was a fine box, but once you catch the bug, bigger is better, deeper is more better, and on it goes. I do think I am now set... for... a little while.... I HOPE! The epic 84 does look appealing!
For good box ideas, check out the toolbox thread on garagejournal... everything from mild to wild over there! The only obvious kicker with the bigger boxes is by no way buy new. Even at 1/2 off they are a ripoff. If you dont have the cash, go cheap, or even pegboad. Heck, I still prefer pegboard to boxes for many tools. Never finance a box!!! EVER!!! LOL! Craigslist and facebook is the spot to find deals!
Good Luck!